Turning Trash into Energy

Plasma Gasification or Plasma Arc Waste Disposal should help us to stop selling our garbage overseas and polluting third world countries while generating electricity here at home. Here is some info for a site in UK. There is also a list of other sites planned in the U.S.

Amplify’d from en.wikipedia.org

Swindon, Wiltshire, UK, Advanced Plasma Power

The heart of this technology, the Gasplasma process, forms the basis of APP’s Swindon Plant, the first Gasplasma facility in the world. Gasplasma is the sequential use of gasification, plasma gas treatment, syngas polishing and gas engine power generation.

A full scale plant will treat 100,000 short tons (91,000 t) per annum of municipal waste and produce:

Enough power for 10,000 homes

Enough heat for around 700 homes

over 99% landfill diversion of feedstock with minimal residues and emissions

Increase recycling rates by over 20%

High performance, high-value aggregate glass (trademark Plasmarok)

Novel combination of three existing and proven technologies (termed Gasplasma)

Negative carbon footprint and lowest environmental impact plant and building

A full scale plant will be 150 metres (490 ft) long, 50 metres (160 ft) wide, and along most of its length only 11 metres (36 ft) high. Above the thermal plant, the roof height is about 14 metres (46 ft), and the single exhaust for the engines 10 metres (33 ft) higher, at only 34 metres (112 ft). The building is approximately the size of a supermarket store and operates under a light vacuum, meaning it contains all odors. The entire process occurs within the building. Read more at en.wikipedia.org

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